Have you ever wondered about the origins of many common English phrases like "Achilles' heel" or "Pandora's box?" Many of these expressions that are used quite often in English have deep roots in the ...

Under the Goddess, Eurystheus assigned Herakles twelve impossible labors that he had to achieve ... But things quickly turned dark when he accidentally transformed his food and his daughter into gold ...

The problem with this, as experts were quick to point out, is that the symbols don't appear to serve any purpose. On Tuesday, a White House press secretary shared the formula on Twitter ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Funerary stele inscribed with “ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ” (“fish of the living”), an early Christian symbol. National Roman Museum. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The humble fish, or ...

What is the Rod of Asclepius? The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing. You’ll spot it ...

This presence can be felt during our bright, joyful days and during the darkness that descends on us all. It is an eternal light of holiness, a symbol of God’s continual, perpetual presence in our ...

Mahmoud al-Sayyed, an expert in ancient languages and inscriptions at the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, says the name of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty in Greek ...